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Another 9/11? PIA’s 2025 ad for the Paris flight reminiscent of its 1979 ad in NY

January 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Days before President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, and months before France goes to the next parliamentary elections, a controversial Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) advertisement has alerted security experts worldwide. The PIA’s highly controversial social media post quickly went viral, racking up over 21 million views and sparking outrage […]

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Roving Periscope: Ignoring the 1971 rapes, Bangladesh sleeps in Pakistan’s bed

January 15, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Bangladesh now seems to be plagued with a collective, nationwide psychological disease, schizophrenia-cum-Stockholm Syndrome, as it not only praises the perpetrator of crimes against humanity but also embraces it in an enduring brotherhood. During the Liberation War in 1971, the Pakistani soldiers and their Razakar militia brothers, floated by Islamic […]

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Prices: WPI Inflation surged in December 2024

January 15, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi: India’s Wholesale Price Index (WPI) rose from 1.89 percent in November to 2.37 percent in December 2024, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday. It attributed the increase in prices of food items to the rise in manufacturing costs of food products, and the rising costs in […]

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Pakistan: J&K incomplete without PoK, says Rajnath Singh

January 14, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Amid Pakistan’s continued support of terror attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday warned Islamabad that J&K is incomplete without the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Our Muslim brothers have sacrificed their lives fighting against terrorism, he said, adding that more than 80 percent of terrorists entering India […]

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Accident: Four dead, eight missing in Pakistan coal mine blast

January 13, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi: At least four miners died and eight went missing when a methane gas explosion caused a major blast in the Baluchistan province of Pakistan over the weekend, the media reported. Officials have launched a search operation to rescue the missing miners. The incident was reported last week in the Sanjdi area, located around […]

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Revelry to tragedy: Toll 24; Did NYE fireworks trigger the LA wildfires?

January 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: How did the Palisades Fires start in Los Angeles, California, USA, which gutted properties worth more than USD 150 billion and killed at least 24 people in the last 14 days? Some reports now point to the continuous fireworks by the revelers on New Year’s Eve, according to the media […]

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Markets: Global uncertainties pull Indian stocks down by over 1%

January 13, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Global uncertainties continued to drag Indian stocks down on Monday, as benchmark equity indices, BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50, ended the week’s first trading session lower, settling down by over 1 percent each. The global uncertainties include the aftermath of US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, the situations […]

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Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani met Guru Prasad Swami Maharaj, Chairman, Governing Body Commission of ISKCON

January 12, 2025 revoi editor

Ahmedabad: Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani met Guru Prasad Swami Maharaj, Chairman, Governing Body Commission of ISKCON on January 9. Adani Group Chairman, Gautam Adani said, “I come from a humble family background…We will continue to lean on you to help society. You have a wonderful organisation and delivery system that ultimately reaches millions of […]

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Adani raises Rs 4,850 cr from sale of 13.5 pc stake in Adani Wilmar

January 10, 2025 revoi editor

New Delhi, Jan 10, Adani Group on Friday raised Rs 4,850 crore from the sale of 13.5 per cent of its stake in Fortune oil maker Adani Wilmar as part of a strategy to exit non-core activities to focus on main infrastructure business. The conglomerate, which last month announced its exit from Adani Wilmar by […]

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Sri Lanka: Buddhist monk jailed for ‘insulting Islam’

January 10, 2025 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A Buddhist monk, Galagodaatte Gnanasaram, viewed as a close ally of ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been jailed in the island nation for allegedly “insulting Islam,” the media reported on Friday. The monk, who leads a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist group, was convicted on Thursday for his 2016 remarks […]